LEONIDS.TXT APRS METEOR EVENT RESULTS =========================================================================== Document version: 8.3.5 Document dated: a0 Mar 99 Author(s): Bob Bruninga, WB4APR ABSTRACT LEONIDS.TXT The Leonids meteor shower of 17-18 November 1998. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over 17-18 Nov Leonids Meteor Shower, 37 packet stations transmitted APRS formatted 2meter packets on 145.79. Everyone that ran a beam except for one station reported either hearing others, or being seen by others. One station reported receiving a 630 mile packet on an omni, and being seen by another station over a 537 mile path. Total paths: 48 not counting dupes Seen by most: WA4HEI seen by 8 other stns, N8DEU seen by 7 Heard most: N8QLT heard 5 others, KB9JLW heard 3 Greatest distance: W0IBM heard by KE4CUA over 1185 mi Longest burn: W3ADO heard by K4RS. 23 packets in one burst Omni antenna success: N3UYI heard WA4HEI over 630 mi and was seen by N8QLT over 537 mi HEARD LOGS submitted by 19 stations N8QLT Heard VE2DWE,N3UYI,N3OBQ,N2QAE,N2NRD W2EV Heard W0IBM, K4RS, WA4HEI KB9JLW heard N2QAE, VE2DWE-5, WA4HEI-2 KE4CUA Heard W0IBM, W3ADO KB4LCI Heard N2QAE, WB4RXZ WA7HRA heard K7RR WA8INZ Heard W2EV N3ZLL Heard WA4HEI KF6QNC heard N7HXP N5TAM heard N8DEU KA1LM heard VE2DWE N3OZB heard WA4HEI 690 mi WA5FRF heard N8DEU K9OPO heard VE2DWE 758 Mi KA3ZPM heard W0IBM 866 mi KF7TP heard WA6YLB 580 mi WD0E heard N8DEU 1071 mi WA6FQM heard N7HXP 645 mi NU0C heard no pkts, but was occassional operator while doing SSB DX TRANSMIT SUCCESSES from 18 stations showing Milages: WA4HEI Seen by 2EV-462,ZLL-690,NRD-720,OBQ-680,OZB-675 WA4HEI Seen also by QAE-678,UYI-630,JLW-264 N8DEU Seen by FRF-813,TAM-670,D0E-1071,4RS-621,2EV-757,OBQ-670,QAE-770 VE2DWE Seen by N8QLT-560,KA1LM-535,N2QAE-368,OPO-758,JLW-789 K4RS Seen by W3ADO 2@ 821,W2EV 2@ 1100,N3ZLL 2@ 871 mi W3ADO seen 23 times by K4RS-821*,KE4CUA-651,HEI-677 N8QLT Seen by W2EV-296,N2QAE-456,N3OBQ-470 N2NRD seen by HEI-720,QLT-469,HEI-681 mi WB4RXZ Seen by N3ZLL-496,KB4LCI-383 W0IBM Seen by W2EV-740,KE4CUA-1185* N2QAE Seen by N8QLT-456,JLW-700 N7HXP Seen by KF6QNC 689,WA6FQM-645 W2EV Seen by WA8INZ 866 mi N3UYI Seen by N8QLT 537 mi Xomni N3OBQ Seen by N8QLT 536 mi K7RR Seen by WA7HRA 1000 mi KC8CSD Seen by W2EV 304 mi WA6YLB Seen by KF7TP 580 mi